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Re: The Movie Thread
« Reply #1290 on: July 10, 2009, 10:57:15 AM »
Renee did one of her meet the public reviews for Bruno this morning.  All seemed to agree that it was vulgar beyond all imagining, should have been rated X, got laughs in the wrong places.

One clearly gay man said, "I can't believe heterosexual audiences would watch this."

so now I HAVE to see it, being heterosexual myself.
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« Reply #1291 on: July 11, 2009, 08:00:19 AM »
Quote from: mshray on July 10, 2009, 10:57:15 AM
Renee did one of her meet the public reviews for Bruno this morning.  All seemed to agree that it was vulgar beyond all imagining, should have been rated X, got laughs in the wrongs places.

One clearly gay man said, "I can't believe heterosexual audiences would watch this."

so now I HAVE to see it, being heterosexual myself.

CNN (!) on Bruno: "It's the closest thing to gay porn most heterosexuals will see this side of 300."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/10/review.bruno/index.html
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Re: The Movie Thread
« Reply #1292 on: July 11, 2009, 05:01:52 PM »
Quote from: mshray on July 10, 2009, 10:57:15 AM
Renee did one of her meet the public reviews for Bruno this morning.  All seemed to agree that it was vulgar beyond all imagining, should have been rated X, got laughs in the wrong places.

One clearly gay man said, "I can't believe heterosexual audiences would watch this."

so now I HAVE to see it, being heterosexual myself.
I want to see it too.
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Re: The Movie Thread
« Reply #1293 on: July 13, 2009, 09:10:41 AM »
Quote from: Alicat on July 11, 2009, 05:01:52 PM
Quote from: mshray on July 10, 2009, 10:57:15 AM
Renee did one of her meet the public reviews for Bruno this morning.  All seemed to agree that it was vulgar beyond all imagining, should have been rated X, got laughs in the wrong places.

One clearly gay man said, "I can't believe heterosexual audiences would watch this."

so now I HAVE to see it, being heterosexual myself.
I want to see it too.

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Re: The Movie Thread
« Reply #1294 on: July 13, 2009, 01:23:05 PM »
Seen promos for Julie and Julia. Must see.
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« Reply #1295 on: July 14, 2009, 11:14:34 AM »
Saw Public Enemies and enjoyed it.  Depp is, as always, great, and I think Michael Mann is becoming an auteur with a recognizable style, something I began to feel with Collateral.  Lots of extreme closeups, even on minor characters.  It is a bit long, in the way of The Assassination of Jesse James, and, like Changeling, the story arc suffers a bit from hewing closely to the historical record.  A more typical Hollywood script would neatly have 3 acts.

3 1/2 stars
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« Reply #1296 on: July 14, 2009, 11:43:35 AM »
Quote from: mshray on July 14, 2009, 11:14:34 AM
Saw Public Enemies and enjoyed it.  Depp is, as always, great, and I think Michael Mann is becoming an auteur with a recognizable style, something I began to feel with Collateral.  Lots of extreme closeups, even on minor characters.  It is a bit long, in the way of The Assassination of Jesse James, and, like Changeling, the story arc suffers a bit from hewing closely to the historical record.  A more typical Hollywood script would neatly have 3 acts.

3 1/2 stars

Liked it alot -- thought Ms Cotillard was quite good too.  One of Mann's early films was on cable the other nite -- Thief with James Caan and Tuesday Weld. Great, if you've never seen it (and that Tangerine Dream score!)

last nite I finally caught up with Whatever Works, which... really doesn't. Not one of Woody's best, tho' I'd've loved to have seen Zero Mostel's interpretation (the Woodman wrote it for him 30 years ago).
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Re: The Movie Thread
« Reply #1297 on: July 14, 2009, 11:45:29 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on July 14, 2009, 11:43:35 AM
Quote from: mshray on July 14, 2009, 11:14:34 AM
Saw Public Enemies and enjoyed it.  Depp is, as always, great, and I think Michael Mann is becoming an auteur with a recognizable style, something I began to feel with Collateral.  Lots of extreme closeups, even on minor characters.  It is a bit long, in the way of The Assassination of Jesse James, and, like Changeling, the story arc suffers a bit from hewing closely to the historical record.  A more typical Hollywood script would neatly have 3 acts.

3 1/2 stars

Liked it alot -- thought Ms Cotillard was quite good too.  One of Mann's early films was on cable the other nite -- Thief with James Caan and Tuesday Weld. Great, if you've never seen it (and that Tangerine Dream score!)


Check out Manhunter (1986)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091474/
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Re: The Movie Thread
« Reply #1298 on: July 14, 2009, 05:25:38 PM »
Quote from: Tinka_Cat on July 14, 2009, 11:45:29 AM

Check out Manhunter (1986)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091474/


Love Manhunter! I was one of the six dozen people who actually saw it in the theater.  Own the DVD & rewatch it every couple of years.  I still say Brian Cox's Hannibal is superior to Tony Hopkins'. 

Joan Allen was awesome in what was her 2nd film role, And Stephen Lang, the guy who played scumbag tabloid reporter Freedy Lounds has gone on to a pretty good career too.  He appears in Public Enemies as the tough guy agent who tells Billie what Dillinger's final words were.
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Re: The Movie Thread
« Reply #1299 on: July 16, 2009, 07:50:48 AM »
Saw Bruno last nite (sorry, can't do umlauts). It's VERY funny. Not as non-stop gut-busting as Borat (few films could be), but still one of the funniest movies I've seen this year. The silly queens at GLAAD are idiots; the movie is as much about Bruno's stupidity as it is about the homophobia of the people he meets. "You tried to make my mouth pregnant" is my new favorite line.

Interestingly -- considering the mixed reviews, CinemaScore of "C" and weekend box-office performance -- I arrived at 7:15 for a 7:30 show and expected a half-empty theatre (esp on Harry Potter Day) but the place was packed.  Clearly Middle America is quite repulsed by it but urban gays find it hilarious. Talking penises never get old.
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« Reply #1300 on: July 23, 2009, 07:57:24 AM »
Saw Soul Power last nite and second Geoff's endorsement. It left me wanting more; indeed it kinda comes off as a 90-minute commercial for the DVD which I can only assume will contain tons of extra footage.
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Re: The Movie Thread
« Reply #1301 on: July 23, 2009, 08:19:36 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on July 23, 2009, 07:57:24 AM
Saw Soul Power last nite and second Geoff's endorsement. It left me wanting more; indeed it kinda comes off as a 90-minute commercial for the DVD which I can only assume will contain tons of extra footage.
that is indeed my hope too!  We saw Tabu Ley years ago at Slims when they came out here.  The segment in the movie was way too short, but still fun.
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Re: The Movie Thread
« Reply #1302 on: July 23, 2009, 09:12:57 AM »
Somebody tell Beej! tonite at the 4-Star on Clement it's "Shatfest -- a Tribute to William Shatner" (well, "shat" *is* the past-tense of, er, you know)

http://events.sfgate.com/san-francisco-ca/events/show/87894105-thrillvilles-shatfest-tribute-to-william-shatner#
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Re: The Movie Thread
« Reply #1303 on: July 23, 2009, 10:38:25 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on July 23, 2009, 07:57:24 AM
Saw Soul Power last nite and second Geoff's endorsement. It left me wanting more; indeed it kinda comes off as a 90-minute commercial for the DVD which I can only assume will contain tons of extra footage.

I didn't see it b/c I couldn't find anyone to go with, so I guess I'll wait for DVD.  I no longer enjoy going to the movies by myself.
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Re: The Movie Thread
« Reply #1304 on: July 23, 2009, 11:22:58 AM »
The Dude abides.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/23/NSO918OIPE.DTL&type=entertainment

A friend might score us free tickets to Sat. night at the Fox.  The movie is great and all, but not a big enough event for me to fork over $22.50 for it...
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